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Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 23, 2026

Rudyard Kipling’s Triumphant and Tragic Life Beyond The Jungle Book

On this episode of Our American Stories Rudyard Kipling became one of the most famous writers of his age giving the world The Jungle Book Just So Stories Gunga Din and If In he became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature But behind that success was a life marked by an abusive childhood controversy and devastating loss The History Guy shares the story of Kipling's remarkable rise from colonial India to literary fame the years he spent writing in Vermont and the deaths of two of his three children including his son John during World War [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 23, 2026

The Story of America: Winning the Great War, Losing the Great Peace [Ep. 44]

On this episode of Our American Stories America entered World War I late but its arrival helped change the course of the conflict By the fall of more than a million American soldiers were fighting through the Argonne Forest as Allied forces pushed Germany toward collapse On November the guns finally fell silent The United States and its allies had won the Great War but deciding what should come next would prove far more difficult As part of our ongoing Story of Us Story of America series Dr Bill McClay author of Land of Hope shares the story of America's [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

The Most Recorded Guitarist in History: Tommy Tedesco of the Wrecking Crew

On this episode of Our American Stories you may not know Tommy Tedesco's name but chances are you know his guitar As one of the most in-demand session musicians in Los Angeles Tedesco played on thousands of recordings working with artists including the Beach Boys Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley the Mamas the Papas and countless others He was also part of the loose collection of studio musicians later known as the Wrecking Crew whose playing helped define the sound of American pop music in the s Tommy's son filmmaker Denny Tedesco tells the story of his father's remarkable career from [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

The Flushing Remonstrance and America’s First Fight for Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories in Governor Peter Stuyvesant ordered residents of New Netherland to help enforce his campaign against religious dissenters especially Quakers Thirty residents of Flushing refused In a petition now known as the Flushing Remonstrance they declared that they would not persecute peaceful people simply because they worshiped differently Larry Reed President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education tells the story of this remarkable early defense of religious liberty and the punishment its signers faced for defying Stuyvesant Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

Deborah Sampson: The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington’s Army

On this episode of Our American Stories Deborah Sampson wanted to serve her country but women were barred from joining the Continental Army So in the Massachusetts woman put on men's clothing enlisted under the name Robert Shurtliff and began a remarkable military career while trying to keep her true identity hidden Marilyn Gilbert Komechak author of Deborah Sampson The Girl Who Went to War shares the story of how Sampson went from an indentured servant who taught herself to read and write to a soldier in George Washington's army Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 21, 2026

Mother Cabrini: The Italian Immigrant Who Became an American Saint

On this episode of Our American Stories Francesca Cabrini dreamed of becoming a missionary in China Instead Pope Leo XIII sent the Italian nun west to the United States where thousands of Italian immigrants were struggling with poverty discrimination dangerous work and life in a country whose language many did not yet speak Claudia Cangilla McAdam author of Mother Cabrini A Heart for the World shares the story of how Cabrini overcame frail health prejudice and seemingly endless obstacles to build schools orphanages hospitals and missions across America and around the world An immigrant herself Cabrini eventually became an American [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 21, 2026

The Mad Scientists of Malibu, Pt. 2: The Golden Age of Surf

On this episode of Our American Stories by the late s something was happening at Malibu Surfboards were getting lighter and faster the waves were crowded with a new generation of riders and a loose fraternity of beach bums craftsmen competitors and characters was beginning to create a culture that would soon spread far beyond the California coast Our regular contributor Roger McGrath returns with the story of surfing's golden age He remembers characters like Terry Tube Steak Tracy the Malibu surfer who helped inspire Gidget along with Phil Edwards Mickey Dora Marge Calhoun and others who gave the sport [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 21, 2026

Guitars for Vets: Helping Veterans Heal Through Music

On this episode of Our American Stories for veterans struggling with PTSD stress or simply the difficulty of quieting the mind sometimes a guitar can provide a few hours of peace GuitarsforVets org pairs veterans with free guitar lessons patient instructors and eventually an instrument of their own Veterans and volunteers share how learning to play can build confidence create community and offer a welcome escape from the pressures of everyday life Along the way the program has provided thousands of lessons and guitars to veterans across the country Our regular contributor Jesse Edwards shares the story Support the show [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 20, 2026

Milton Hershey: The Man Who Made Chocolate for Everyone

On this episode of Our American Stories Milton Hershey failed again and again before he ever became America's chocolate king After a struggling candy shop in Philadelphia bankruptcy and years spent learning from confectioners around the country Hershey finally found success with caramels Then at the height of that success he took another enormous gamble chocolate Don Papson of the M S Hershey Foundation and Amy Zeigler of The Hershey Story Museum share the story of how Hershey learned to mass-produce affordable milk chocolate built a factory and community around it in Pennsylvania and ultimately gave much of his fortune [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 19, 2026

The Unlikely Making of The Godfather

On this episode of Our American Stories the director was a renegade filmmaker who'd never made a profitable picture The producer was hired because he could stay below budget The star had a reputation for being difficult A formula for disaster No the makings of one of the greatest films of all time Here to tell the story is Harlan Lebo author of The Godfather Legacy Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 16, 2026

From Horses to Cars: How Personal Mobility Changed the World

On this episode of Our American Stories for thousands of years human mobility depended on our own legs and the animals we could harness By the early th century millions of working horses powered American cities hauling goods carrying people and creating problems of congestion sanitation and safety that the new automobile promised to solve Miles C Collier founder of the Revs Institute explains how the horse bicycle and automobile transformed everyday life Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 16, 2026

Vince Lombardi: The Coach, the Catholic, and the Man Behind the Legend

On this episode of Our American Stories Vince Lombardi transformed the Green Bay Packers into a dynasty and helped turn football into a symbol of discipline leadership and the American experience But behind the championships the famous speeches and the legendary Green Bay sweep was a far more complicated man shaped by faith family ambition and struggle Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss discusses his landmark biography When Pride Still Mattered and explores the full life of Vince Lombardi his Brooklyn upbringing Catholic faith coaching philosophy devotion to excellence complicated family life and the leadership style that changed the NFL forever [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 14, 2026

The Great Arsenal of Democracy: How America Went From Nothing...to Outproducing Every Nation in WWII

On this episode of Our American Stories America was woefully unprepared for World War II Our army was about the size of Portugal's our navy was outdated and our air force was roughly equivalent to what the German Luftwaffe flew on a near-daily basis across Europe Not only that but nobody in America wanted war or expected it to come to us FDR was under no such delusion We needed weapons and we needed them fast But how could we get it done A J Baime author of The Arsenal of Democracy FDR Detroit and an Epic Quest to Arm [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 14, 2026

Titanic Thompson: The Gambler Who Fooled Al Capone

On this episode of Our American Stories Titanic Thompson could hustle almost anyone He beat gamblers at cards and dice golfers on the course pool players in smoky halls and even fooled Al Capone with a rigged lemon toss Born Alvin Clarence Thomas in rural Missouri he spent decades crisscrossing America in search of bets he already knew how to win The History Guy tells the story of the legendary gambler who turned practice mathematics sleight of hand and deception into an art form and whose life came to embody a disappearing world of American hustlers proposition bets and high-stakes [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 14, 2026

Burt Young, the Actor Behind Paulie in Rocky, Shares His Story

On this episode of Our American Stories Burt Young grew up in Queens the son of a working-class family and spent his early years far from the world of film He boxed professionally served in the Marine Corps and worked a series of jobs before ever thinking about acting That changed when he began studying under Lee Strasberg and started to take the craft seriously Not long after he came across the script for Rocky and his live was forever changed Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 13, 2026

20,000 Salt and Pepper Shakers and One Remarkable Family Legacy

On this episode of Our American Stories Andrea Ludden's mother was an archaeologist who began collecting salt and pepper shakers after moving to the United States in the s What started with a search for pepper mills grew into a collection of thousands as she realized that these ordinary household objects could reveal changing fashions technology travel manufacturing and everyday life Andrea shares how the family's -year collecting adventure eventually became the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in Gatlinburg Tennessee home to shaker sets and pepper mills and how carrying on the museum after her mother's death became a way [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

The Pilot Who Found God in the Sky Over Vietnam

On this episode of Our American Stories Dick Erickson was a young Marine helicopter pilot flying over Vietnam when everything went quiet His radio was dead his instruments were failing and the jungle below offered no clear place to land Alone in the cockpit he began to pray What happened next stayed with him for life In that silence he felt a calm that didn't come from training or instinct Dick joins us to tell his remarkable story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

How Haunted Houses Became a Halloween Tradition

On this episode of Our American Stories before haunted houses filled October nights Halloween in America was a mess In the early twentieth century it was less about candy and costumes and more about broken fences stolen gates and angry neighbors Communities were desperate for order and their answer came from an unexpected place Schools churches and civic clubs began creating haunted attractions small events meant to channel mischief into something creative Author Lisa Morton whose Trick or Treat A History of Halloween remains a definitive account traces how those first haunted houses grew into the elaborate haunted attractions we [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

The True Story of the Donner Party’s Struggle for Survival

On this episode of Our American Stories in a group of pioneers set out for California with dreams of a better life Known as the Donner Party they fell behind on the trail took a disastrous shortcut and became trapped in the Sierra Nevada as winter storms closed in With supplies gone and snow piling up survival came at a great cost Here's their remarkable and tragic story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

Frankie Avalon Talks Grease, Billboard Hits, and His Legacy in Hollywood

On this episode of Our American Stories Frankie Avalon became a household name before he turned twenty With hits like Venus and Why he dominated the Billboard charts during the golden age of American pop But while many teen idols faded Avalon evolved He starred alongside Annette Funicello in a string of beach party films that captured the imagination of a generation Decades later he returned to the spotlight in Grease performing Beauty School Dropout as Teen Angel a moment that introduced him to millions of new fans Frankie Avalon reflects on his music career and how he kept performing [... more]